Health Remedies - Paresthesia

Paresthesia (paraesthesia) is a sensation of tingling, pricking, crawling sensation or numbness of the skin with no apparent physical cause, more generally known as the feeling of pins and needles. It occurs due to dysfunction of sensory nerves, that supply or innervate particular regions of the body. It is usually felt in the hands, arms, legs, or feet, but can also occur in other parts of the body. It can occur in a wide range of diseases such as diabetes, hypothyroidism, alcoholism, malnutrition, vitamin B12 deficiency, trauma, HIV, leprosy, infections etc.

For healing bone fractures and for the treatment of urinary diseases, tumours, oedema, burning sensation and difficult breathing (plant); to treat gonorrhoea (leaves); as an antidote for snake bite, in the treatment of anal prolapse in infants (root); for cough, chills and fevers (decoction); to treat sore mouth in children (pods).